Critical Security Update
To help protect your systems, customers using NI driver software 2026 Q2 or earlier should visit ni.com/ni-pal-update and follow the recommended actions.
Protect security information reported to NI by using our PGP key.
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Key ID: 2E2F B936 2E8A EF64
Key Type: RSA
Expires: Dec 31, 2030
Key Size: 4096
Fingerprint: D7DC 8EE6 B05E 0B1D 08E5 5A74 2E2F B936 2E8A EF64
Name: NI Product Security
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